Women’s basketball climbs into Top 5 of polls

By FHSU SPORTS INFORMATION

After a 4-0 start to the season, the Fort Hays State women’s basketball team now ranks in the top five in both national polls. The Tigers maintained their hold on the No. 3 spot in the D2SIDA Media Poll, while FHSU climbed two spots to fifth in the WBCA Coaches Poll, both released on Tuesday (Nov. 19).

You don’t have to go back very far in the record books to find the last time the Tigers were ranked fifth in the coaches poll, with the Black and Gold occupying the fifth spot in the final release following the 2018-19 postseason. Fort Hays State was ranked in the top five for nine weeks last season.

The Tigers hold a 9-1 record all-time when ranked fifth, including a 4-0 mark in 2018-19.

Fort Hays State is the only MIAA team ranked in either poll. Emporia State and Central Missouri are both receiving votes in the coaches rankings.

The Tigers will return to action on Monday (Nov. 25) when they play host to the University of Saint Mary. First tip is set for 6 p.m. from Gross Memorial Coliseum.

Below are the complete national polls for November 19, 2019.

WBCA DII Coaches Poll – Week 1 D2SIDA DII Media Poll – Week 1
Rk. Team (1st) Rcd. Pts. Prev. Rk. Team (1st) Rcd. Pts. Prev.
1 Drury (13) 4-0 562 1 1 Lubbock Christian (12) 4-0 345 1
2 Lubbock Christian (10) 4-0 555 2 2 Drury (2) 4-0 338 2
3 Grand Valley State 3-0 497 3 3 Fort Hays State 4-0 313 3
4 Azusa Pacific 4-0 489 4 4 Azusa Pacific 4-0 310 4
5 Fort Hays State 4-0 461 7 5 Anderson 4-0 280 6
6 UC San Diego 3-0 443 6 6 UC San Diego 3-0 276 7
7 Ashland 3-0 433 8 7 Grand Valley 3-0 249 8
8 Saint Anselm 3-0 397 10 8 Cal U 4-0 247 24
9 Anderson (S.C.) 4-0 350 13 9 Saint Anselm 3-0 246 9
10 Lee (Tenn.) 4-0 336 14 10 Lee 4-0 214 RV
11 Alaska Anchorage 3-0 304 16 T11 Ashland 3-0 188 13
12 Minnesota State Moorhead 4-0 286 18 T11 North Georgia 4-0 188 T15
13 California (Pa.) 4-0 258 NR 13 MSU-Moorhead 4-0 181 22
14 Virginia Union 2-1 255 5 14 Virginia Union 2-1 169 5
15 North Georgia 4-0 248 23 15 Delta State 4-0 146 NR
16 Indiana (Pa.) 2-1 223 9 16 Westminster 4-0 120 NR
17 Southwestern Oklahoma St. 3-1 176 20 17 Alaska Anchorage 3-0 116 RV
18 Harding 3-0 171 NR 18 USciences 4-1 113 21
18 University of the Sciences 4-1 171 17 19 Harding 3-0 91 RV
20 Carson-Newman 4-0 120 NR 20 Glenville State 2-1 79 12
21 West Texas A&M 4-2 88 12 21 Carson-Newman 4-0 76 RV
22 Glenville State 2-1 68 22 22 Texas A&M-Commerce 3-0 64 NR
23 Westminster (Utah) 4-0 58 NR 23 Union 3-1 59 20
24 Union (Tenn.) 3-2 56 NR 24 IUP 2-1 40 18
25 Benedict 3-1 54 25 25 St. Thomas Aquinas 4-0 31 NR

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